Bethania, North Carolina
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 In the Bethania Historic District |
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| Location of the municipality of Bethania | |||
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| Foundation : | 1759 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | North Carolina | ||
| County : | Forsyth County | ||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 11 ′ N , 80 ° 20 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 354 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 186.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.9 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 1.9 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 259 m | ||
| Postal code : | 27010 | ||
| Area code : | +1 336 | ||
| FIPS : | 37-05340 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1006108 | ||
Bethania is the oldest settlement in Forsyth County , in the state of North Carolina in the United States of America and was named after the reactivation of the original municipal regulation of 1838/1839 in the year 1995 to the municipality.
As the first planned settlement of the Moravian Church (Engl. Moravian Church) is Bethania today the only remaining independent and continuously active Moravian settlement in the southern states and is the only known existing resulting German model agricultural community in the south. The approximately 2 square kilometers of the Bethania National Historic Landmark is the largest national landmark in Forsyth County. Bethania and its 18th and 19th century possessions are listed on the National and State Register of Historic Places.
Bethania was founded on June 12, 1759 by the Moravian Church as an agricultural and trading parish. The settlement was the first of its kind planned in Wachovia (based on Wachau ) and from its foundation on, members of the Moravian religious community lived in the village. Today the layout of a typical German agricultural street village is intact and visible, most of the village layouts and paths have been used continuously since 1759. The place was named after Bethany near Jerusalem in Israel , the home of Mary , Martha , Lazarus and Simons the Leper according to the Bible .
The center was registered in May 1976 under the designation Bethania Historic District as a Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places . In March 1991 this protected area was expanded. In August 2001, the Bethania Historic District was granted National Historic Landmark status.
In March 2007, Bethania opened a visitor center and a Historical Bethania Museum to provide information about the community and its cultural significance. The facilities include a restored Moravian farmhouse, the Wolff-Moser House, dating from around 1792, one of the oldest surviving Moravian agricultural buildings in North America, it can be viewed during the opening hours of the visitor center. The center also serves as a guide and starting point for those wishing to explore the Bethania National Historic Landmark District .
geography
Bethania is located at coordinates 36.184418N and 80.334786W , according to the United States Census Bureau , the total area of the parish is 1.9 square kilometers of land.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census , Bethania had 354 people in 139 households and 111 families. The population density is 190 inhabitants per square kilometer. From a racial point of view, the population is composed primarily of 82 percent white and 16 percent African American ; 2 percent are descended from two or more races. 2.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race .
Of the 139 households, 32 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70 percent of whom were married couples living together, 9 percent were single mothers and 20 percent were non-families. 16 percent consisted of single households and 5 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.84 people.
23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 3.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 29.9 percent between 45 and 64, and 13.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 96.4 men.
The median income for a household in the city was US $ 51,875 ; the median income for a family in the year was $ 55,357. Males had a median income of $ 45,500 versus $ 27,813 for women. The per capita income was $ 25,702. 7.3 percent of the population and 8.3 percent of families are below the poverty line. 13.7 percent of them are children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 9.3 percent are 65 years of age or older.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jennifer Bean Bower (2006), Moravians in North Carolina , p. 14. Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0738543292 .
- ^ Bethania Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 2, 2020.
- ^ Bethania Historic District (Boundary Increase) in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 2, 2020.
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: North Carolina. National Park Service , accessed February 2, 2020.
- ↑ Bethania town, North Carolina , data sheet with the results of the 2010 census at factfinder.census.gov .